THOUGHTS UPON HUNTIKG» it^ 



this disorder, generall}^ is a cough. As soon as it is per- 

 ceived among my young hounds, great attention is paid 

 to them. Tliey have plenty of clean straw, and are fed 

 oftener and better than at other times : so long as they 

 continue to eat the kennel meat, they are kept together ; 

 as soon as any of them refuse to feed, they are removed 

 into another kennel j the door of the lodging-room is left 

 open in the day, and they are only shut up at night: being 

 out in the air, is of great service to them. To such as 

 are very bad, I give Norris's drops j to others, emetics ^ 

 while some only require to be better fed than ordinarj^, 

 and need no other remedy*. They should be fed from 

 the kitchen, when they refuse the kennel meat. Sometimes 

 they will lose the use of their hinder parts : bleeding 

 them, by cutting off the last joint of the tail, may per- 

 haps be of service to them. I cannot speak of it with, 

 any certainty ; yet I have reason to think that I once saved 

 a favourite dog by this operation. In short, by one method 

 or another, I think they may sometimes be recovered. 



The likeliest preservative for those that are well, is 



* Hounds that have the distemper upon them have but little appetite. 

 By feeding two or three together, they eat more greedily. 



